Cult Bikes

[sdcr]

  We've all seen machines like the Moto Guzzi 1000S, Honda GB500, BMW R90S, HondaHawk GT 650 gain a loyal, some may say, cult like following over the past 5-10 years.

   Certainly, there will be other, newer models that will someday be valued for their competence, rarity or just plain fun to ride factor.

Here are a few machines that I think will soon be sought after in the very near future;
Ducati 900SS/SP (92-98)
Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport
BMW K 75S

So, throwing this out to the the collective MC wisdom here, what motorcycles do you think will become the next " cult " bikes?

[ejs]

Kawasaki 750turbo, (1984_85)  because it is a special bike. 

[Green1000S]

Honda CBX 1000 (78-79)

[oldbike54]

 The early SV 650's , and possibly the first gen FZ 1 Yamaha .

 Dusty

[Dilliw]

I'm going to take the Griso over the Sport.  The 1200 Sport is rarer than rare (in the U.S.) and the Griso at least has it's own Ghetto.

XR1200.  It was a miss for Harley, and I understand there were build issues, but it's got a chance since it is so different from the rest of the Motor Company.

Motus MST.  It's already "hey what's that?" bike.

[Arizona Wayne]

Moto Guzzi Le Mans I, III, IV.
Yamaha SRX 600
MuZ 660s

[rboe]

I think (and hope) the CB1100 will be a cult bike.

Perhaps the Tenni Green Griso will be one too. Probably right after I sell mine. 

Mana 850 GT has a shot at it too.

[oldbike54]

 The HD Dyna T Sport , and the Kawasaki W 650 . A new bike that has a shot might be the TU 250 .

 Dusty

[ITSec]

Yamaha RDs, especially the water-cooled. Maybe some of the other 2-strokes like the Kaw triples and the Suzuki GT series. Water Buffaloes are already becoming a cult thing.

A small but intensely dedicated group with Suzuki RE5s.

Small Honda 4s, especially the 350/400 series. The 400 had a six-speed, the first in a Honda.

[Scud]

I like your picks on the 900SS and the K75S.

The little bricks are cheap, reliable, and a lot of them are getting hacked up into cafe racers (potentially making complete examples harder to find). The K75S was the only K-bike in that era to get the pure "S" designation. Although there was a K100RS.

I'm partial - but as for a culty-collectible guzzis I think the V11 Sports/Lemans might go that way, especially the Red-Framed Greenies and the "special" named models (Rosso Mandello, Tenni, Cafe Sport, etc.)

I also agree with the small 4-cylinder Hondas.  And there was a Yamaha FZR400 that handled amazingly well. It's hard to find one of those that wasn't turned into a track bike. And another Honda - the GB500.

[ScepticalScotty]

TRX850 is already there.

[Guzzistajohn]

Any Moto Guzzi LeMans, the rest? Who cares?

[Joliet Jim]

The mythical half man half beast Centauro, just because they are so rare and fing awesome

[sign216]

I propose the Guzzi smallblock.  For most riders, it's either small or big block, not both.

The smallblock, with it's Heron head and rocker valves, has a yesteryear way of engineering, like a BMW airhead, that earns the love of it's owners.

Less is more, and happiness might be looking back, not forward. 

[jas67]

Yamaha RDs, especially the water-cooled. Maybe some of the other 2-strokes like the Kaw triples and the Suzuki GT series. Water Buffaloes are already becoming a cult thing.

A small but intensely dedicated group with Suzuki RE5s.

Small Honda 4s, especially the 350/400 series. The 400 had a six-speed, the first in a Honda.

The CB360 (twin) had a six speed in 1974.   The first year for the CB400F was 1975.

[Mark Dasher]

Yamaha XS650 - especially the early ones before they went "cruiserish"

Any Honda CX500/650.  The 650 Turbo is particularly rare...

Aren't all Guzzis cult bikes, divided into sub-cults like Tontis, Loops, etc?   

-- Mark 

[bigbikerrick]

Yamaha RZ 350 s, I think the 1984 RZ 350 was the last 2 stroke street bike imported to the USA.
Rick.

[Guzzidad]

   Buell has always been somewhat of a cult bike and I suspect it will continue to be so.

[Kiwi_Roy]

MG
Eldorado,
California II
Lario,
Red frame VII Sport

At least I hope so, I have all 4

[LowRyter]

never count out the Suzuki 1200 Bandit



this one only has 80,000 miles on it.  You can see the OKla plate on the back if you're riding a Guzzi.

[Matt]

Guzzi Quota
Curvy SV
Triumph Speed Triple 955cc

I've had a few "cult" bikes over the years. SR500, 550 Vision (more POS than cult), XS650 X2, GB500,

Don't really miss any (OK maybe the SR).

[cruzziguzzi]

I've hung on to my own "Cult-ish" bikes;

'82 1000 Katana, TT500, GS850....


Todd.

[Daleroso]

Too many. Bikes aren't cultish just because a group likes them or they're out of production or just old.

[Turin]

To my understanding, a cult bike needs to fit the following criteria: Does it have a small yet devoted following? Is it kind of odd?
I think any Guzzi falls into this category.
Any 80's rubber belted ducati ( Paso, Indiana, 750 sport, Cagiva allazurra etc.)
Honda 650 hawk, CB1, gb500
Any Morini or MZ
Any European dirtbike .

That's a few.

[Nic in Western NYS]

never count out the Suzuki 1200 Bandit



this one only has 80,000 miles on it.  You can see the OKla plate on the back if you're riding a Guzzi.

The Bandit is a ridiculously great bike!
But for a future classic, the Sport 1100.

[epb]

To my understanding, a cult bike needs to fit the following criteria: Does it have a small yet devoted following? Is it kind of odd?
I think any Guzzi falls into this category.
Any 80's rubber belted ducati ( Paso, Indiana, 750 sport, Cagiva allazurra etc.)
Honda 650 hawk, CB1, gb500

I think the next Honda cult bike will be the Hornet. I also think the Kawasaki W650 is on its way to becoming one.

As far as Moto Guzzi - I agree that the entire brand is a cult, at least from the outside. I thought of the brand as just another brand, but I've owned one a couple of weeks now and discovered that no one outside of motorcycle circles have heard of them. To be fair, most of what I knew as a longtime Honda guy was "that Italian brand they got the idea for the CX bikes from" and the line from Cake in "Rock and Roll Lifestyle."

[radguzzi]

Yamaha RZ 350 s, I think the 1984 RZ 350 was the last 2 stroke street bike imported to the USA.
Rick.

 
Correct Rick,

I have the '84 RZ 350 N model, full Racetech body work in Kenny Roberts trim, boat tail and all.  All Speed pipe and cans, really cool little rig, rear sets, fork brace and a bunch of other mods.

This one is not mine but very similar, I'll shot a couple of photos of it when I take it out of storage for rebuilding the bottom end, I think it needs seals and I will have the entire crank assembly gone through when I get it taken down.

[radguzzi]

I have also owned four Honda Hawk GTs that the GT gang thinks is funny when people call them Cult Bikes... 

This is the one that I kept out on the West coast for a couple of years.  My Daughter still rides the one that I gave here Wow, fifteen years ago...!




After having bought the Yamaha XS 750 Triple I have come to find out that there is quite a following for them as well...  This one is the '77 750 D model.

[SDC]

TRX850 is already there.

I'd agree with you on that. It is one of the best machines ever conceived!

[LowRyter]

The Bandit is a ridiculously great bike!
But for a future classic, the Sport 1100.

now that you mention it, I have an EV, V11 Sport and a Bandit. 

All three are "cult" bikes.  (perhaps because they are 15-18 years old?)